Dr. Voeller has worked at the University of Minnesota since 2015. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Master Clinician. His clinical specialties include: comprehensive minimally invasive valve surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, mitral valve repair and replacement, aortic valve replacement, repair of aortic aneurysms and dissections, surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, and surgery for heart failure.
The Rotary Club of Edina seeks nominees for the 12th-annual “Chrysanne Manoles Women In Leadership Award.” To nominate a woman for the prestigious award, submit a one- or two-page letter explaining how the person demonstrates the Four Way Test and what she does in the community outside of any professional position she holds. Letters should be sent to jbennerotte@EdinaRotary.org or Rotary Club of Edina, 4801 W. 50th St., Edina, MN 55424.Letters must be postmarked by Friday, April 30. For important nomination details and additional information click "READ MORE" below.
REGISTER HERE for District 5950 conference being held outdoors at Central Park in Brooklyn Center on Saturday, May 1. The year's theme is 'Rooted in Service, Growing in New Ways". The cost per person is $35 for adults; $15 for youth (18 and younger); $25 to attend via Zoom. Your in-person registration fee includes a Rotary mask and lunch. The Rotary Club of Edina will reimburse up to 20 club members for the cost of registration. Please send your confirmation of registration to Becci Michalski at rmichalski@edinarotary.org to receive credit on your next quarterly billing.
To see the agenda for the day and hear from District Governor, Tom Gump, please click "Read More" below.
I am happy to announce that we will be having a virtual Zoom Happy Hour Vocational Development meeting AND a live meeting this month. The live meeting will be held at CW's Bar andRestaurant, 8302 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington, MN 55437 We will meet at 5:30 for happy half hour and our speaker presentation from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. If you're attending in-person, registration HERE will be greatly appreciated. If you'd prefer, you can attend via Zoom without registering by clicking the link below.
Please feel free to extend an invitation to friends, prospective members, as well as members from other clubs. We hope you will join us for this great opportunity to have a lot of fun while getting to know your fellow Rotarians better. Don't be afraid to come "rub shoulders with people of significance."
Our speaker will be Lindsey Smaka of the Noon Rotary club. Lindsey is a science teacher and coordinator of the Global Scholar Program at Edina High School. Click "Read More" to read Lindsey's bio.
How many times have you showed up for a Thursday meeting only to find the best seats are already taken? What if I told you that you could have a reserved seat? No more having to turn your chair around or craning your neck just to see the presentation! Impossible you say? Not for members of the newly formed Zoom Committee. That’s right! All you have to do is help host the Zoom meeting and you get a comfortable seat with an unobstructed view right in the front row. Click READ MORE for the exciting details.
Tim Murphy, Edina Rotary President 2006-2007, District Governor 5950 2015-2016 and Zone 25B & 29 Leadership Role, End Polio Now Coordinator 2020-2021 experienced cardiac arrest with loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness on March 5. Tim and his family are documenting his amazing journey through recovery at www.getwelltim.com Well wishes and a good joke can be left in the comments of the blog. A summary of Tim's deeply rooted Rotary work and leadership can be read HERE.
Janine Krieter, Edina Morningside Rotary Club Past President, 2001-2002 and Flowers of Edina owner has been challenged with multiple health issues throughout 2020. HERE is a link documenting those challenges and opportunity to give her a helping hand. Janine's Gofundme account https://gofund.me/d9edc8f6
The Rotary Club of Edina is working to assist a Minneapolis business damaged during civil unrest last summer.
Through a partnership with the Lake Street Council, several Rotary Clubs in Rotary International District 5950 are being paired with Minneapolis businesses damaged or destroyed in late May or early June 2020 to provide them assistance. Our club member's response has been swift and so very helpful for the owner, Amina Osman, who will be visiting our club next month. Brad Hepp has completed the insurance audit, Gary Pederson & Ryan Wilson are teaching her QuickBooks and helping her set up the company’s financials, Katy Campbell and her committee are working on marketing. We are currently looking for an electrician who can review the repairs made following the riot and determine what additional electrical work is needed. Post Plus also needs a review of some current legal documents and contracts. If you are interested in helping, contact Past President Sandy Schley, who is coordinating the project for the club on behalf of its Community Service and Race & Equity committees. Schley can be reached at 952-649-1236 or sandraschley@comcast.net.
At the April 21, 2021 board meeting, the Rotary Club of Edina’s Board of Directors approved applicant below for membership:
Erica Allenburg
Classification: Community Leader
Sponsor: Catherine Gump
Written objections to the application must be submitted and received before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, 2021 to Rotary Club of Edina, Attn: Club Administrator 4801 W. 50th St., Edina, MN 55424 or emailed to administrator@EdinaRotary.org.
Cornerstone sent a letter of thanks to our grants committee. Click HERE to read. Later this week we received seven letters of grant gratitude. Click HERE to see how much our Edina Rotary Foundation is loved by:
MadDads, John Turnipsee, $2,000 grant; Open Arms of MN, Leah Hebert Wells, $2,000; Assistance League of MN, Mary Dries, $2,500; My Very Own Bed, Meg Hobday, $2,000; Hope Academy, Jim Stigman, $2,040; TreeHouse, Any Swanda, $2,000; Oasis For Youth, Nicole Mills, $2,000
Back to the hybrid version of your choice to attend club meeting via IN-PERSON or ZOOM platforms. The continued excellent editing talents of C-Vision Productions (Chris Laskowski) is allowing us to make better use of the taped and edited meetings posted weekly to You Tube and use them as our new "In Review" format. This will eliminate the duty of "The Barker" note taker/writer and we will, for the time being, no longer publish written reviews. In-person meeting photos will resume. Keep in mind watching the You Tube video counts as a make-up. Let Becci know what meeting dates you watched and she will mark you as attended.
We will post the link to the last meeting video taped (see above) and photos from the meeting.
Menu -- Burgundy Beef Tips and Summer Berry Chicken Salad
Thursday, May 20, 2021 there will be the hybrid version with in-person meeting at the Edina Country Club with doors open at 12:15 a.m. and ZOOM meeting beginning at 12:30 a.m.. Please see our club web page and watch your email for meeting place updates.
The Rotary Club of Edina's Administrator, Becci Michalski, works part time and will respond to your inquiries within 24 hours. Contact her at rmichalski@EdinaRotary.org or voicemail /text message at 612-234-7390.
Dr. Voeller has worked at the University of Minnesota since 2015. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Master Clinician. His clinical specialties include: comprehensive minimally invasive valve surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, mitral valve repair and replacement, aortic valve replacement, repair of aortic aneurysms and dissections, surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, and surgery for heart failure.
The Rotary Club of Edina seeks nominees for the 12th-annual “Chrysanne Manoles Women In Leadership Award.” To nominate a woman for the prestigious award, submit a one- or two-page letter explaining how the person demonstrates the Four Way Test and what she does in the community outside of any professional position she holds. Letters should be sent to jbennerotte@EdinaRotary.org or Rotary Club of Edina, 4801 W. 50th St., Edina, MN 55424.
REGISTER HERE
I am happy to announce that we will be having a virtual Zoom Happy Hour Vocational Development meeting AND a live meeting this month. The live meeting will be held at CW's Bar and Restaurant, 8302 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington, MN 55437 We will meet at 5:30 for happy half hour and our speaker presentation from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. If you're attending in-person, registration 
Tim Murphy, Edina Rotary President 2006-2007, District Governor 5950 2015-2016 and Zone 25B & 29 Leadership Role, End Polio Now Coordinator 2020-2021 experienced cardiac arrest with loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness on March 5. Tim and his family are documenting his amazing journey through recovery at www.getwelltim.com Well wishes and a good joke can be left in the comments of the blog. A summary of Tim's deeply rooted Rotary work and leadership can be read 
Janine Krieter, Edina Morningside Rotary Club Past President, 2001-2002 and Flowers of Edina owner has been challenged with multiple health issues throughout 2020. 
The Rotary Club of Edina is working to assist a Minneapolis business damaged during civil unrest last summer.
